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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12
A Prosperoua Year.

Pennsylvania railroad officials are quoted by
The Philadelphia Inquirer saying that they
expect that this year will prove one of the best
IN the history of the company, both for tonnage
and earnings The lines East and West are
crowded with business. and in such quantities
:hat the company has actually not enough equip
ment to accommodate the traffic offered New
ears are being added to the equipment on the
entire system at the rate of fifty per day, and
ample service is found for them as soon as they
are run out of the shops The interstate-com-
merce law has also benefited the company. as
rates have been slightly improved thereby, and
free travel absolutely stopped. Owing to the
operation of this law and the growth of business
the earnings of the Pennsylvania system have
been swollen beyond what was ever known be-
fore. For six months of the present year the
gross earnings east and west of Pittsburg are
about ~ per cent. greater than for the same
period last year. AS about 500, 900 was
taken in last year the gain represents more than
Is received altogether some very important
roads.
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thropst to secure large share of business IN
sections which they had been mainly instru-
mental in building up, or meet its rates, and
they wisely chose the latter"
There is trouble between the members of the
North America which threatens to break up
their organization. The officials now Gen.
gagged in deposing one another from Office
The Chicago & Atlantic road is now doing the
largest business in its history. On she two west
ern divisions of the road in July 81, 200 loaded
cars were handled. and the freight train crews
averaged the highest wages knownin any month.
The trauscon tinental roads are forwarding
tea at rates that bring the freight from I oko-
hama to New York down to one and three
fourths of a cent per pound, and that - still a
half cent above the rates made by the Canadian
Pacific.
The superintendeut of the Schuylkill division
of the Reading railroad has positively forbidden
the use of LIQUOR by employees. whether on or of
DUTY and has directed the Immediate dismissal
of any man who is reported as having boen seen
drinking single glass of spirits or beer.
It is reported that deputizsd agents OF the
Chicago, Rock Island e. Pacific have ueen max
ing recent investigation into terminal proper
ties on the Oakland side of San Francisco bay.
The Rock Island now has q complete survey as
far westward as the San Joaquin valley.
The A, r. e. S. F. people have ordered two Of
the Strong duplex locomotives, six-coupled
CINE of the Schenectady works and four
coupled engine of the Hinckley works. Boston.
The master mechanic shows a disposition to test
all the new style engines that promise to be of
any account.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
THE sw,tcbmens, Convention.

The president Of the Switchmens Mutual Aid
Association of North America, in his call for the
second annual convention, which is to be held in
indianapolis, Sept. 10, expresses himself
10 commercially that the excellent points he
makes are reproduced below. He says:
From the experiences of the last year We feel
Il necessary to earnestly urge upon subordinate
lodges to exercise great care in the selection of
their delegates to this convention. In the, we
might say, infancy of our association, common
pense urges the selection of men of
inquestioned honesty. men Of So
,risty, men of good common sense
who can look upon two sides of all
,uestion-men whose fidelity to our association
Iannot be gainsad, and who have the interest of
Jwtchmen more ct heart than personal ends
We repeat that common sense urges the selec-
hon OF men of this character in preference to
men who are Acknowledged by all to be good
fellows, men who have the gift of CAB or who
may lay wires TO get there Do not select
men who can talk long snd say little, but men
who will fully realize tho grave responsibility
placed in their hands. and will quietly summon
all their ability in the discharge Of their duty
to their brother switchmen, their homes, their
wives and their little ones. Let us read les
BOTS of wisdom from the experiences OF the
past"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12
A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR.
Project for Crossing the Ocean in Pneumatic
Tubes.

-
Boston Globe.
Col. John 81. Pierce. of Piantsville. Conn, said
TO reporter that yet little known out
side his room of his plan for connecting this
continent with the old world by means of
pneumatic tubes. Some statement of brief
nature has been made local paper Only
within day, almost, has it been developed TO Its
present stage. In response to a request to give
the facts the inventor was full of enthusiasm.
but spoke with care and precision and with the
alr OF man VINO knew whereof he affirmed.
Yes. believe my plan IS practical one.
This country may be connected with Europe by
means OF pneumatic tubes of large proportions.
When the theories are reduced to practice they
may be modified to some extent
How would troy be laid and operated "
after the manner of the cables, as will
hereafter explain. We will be obliged to have
them laid exactly straight. or as near straight.
as the surface OF the globe will permit They
will be operated by currents of air, but on prln-
cples quite different In some respects from those
governing the small lines now in use; the gem
eral principles remain the same. OF course the
tubes will always oe 10 couples with currents OF
air driven through them. the current In one
tube always moving IN an opposite direcuon
from the other"
..Will it not be difficult to force currents of
air the distance you contemplated
"Oh, The speed of this current can be
made great as desired, and with scarcely any
limit. by simply using great number of steam
fans on the principle of those used in blast fur
naces.
passengers, of course. yet small as possible.
would have individuals sit tandem, one ahead of
the other, you Frction2 That would be
prevented by ball Dearings-necessary appli-
ances. The motion would hardly be perceptble
to the passengers. One hundred miles hour
would be the easiest thing in the world; 1000
miles an hour is not impossible with polished
steel surface for tubelinine, and exterior friction
we could provide for. The speed, owing to the
curvature of the earth's surface will tend to
overcome all weight and make the pressure
greatest on the upper portion of the tube, when
running at maximum speed. Think of going to
London In such way and in such time as that"
Colonel Pierce said that it would not cost a
very large sum to build an experimental line for
a short distance. say a few miles His plan has
been su omitted to several EXPERTS and has met
with approval The great question with the in
veptor at the present time is 10 get the neces-
sary funds to carry forward the work. for he is
man of paratively little capital. He feels con-
fdent that in the end he will receive the recog
milton and encouragement which his work de-
serves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12
General and miscellaneous.

Out of the $40. 100 miles of railroad in the
world, the United States has 139 037, or seven
sixteenths
By December next it is expected that the Chi
sago Burlington 81 Quincy railroad will have ad-
ganced as far westward as Cheyenne.
The stock OF the Baltimore & Ohio road seems
not to have become contaminated by getting in
20 bad company; $3.50 per share for it is offered
Ind declined.
Pennsylvania railroad officials say there is
ihortage in the Delaware peach crop. 1t usually
requires 5, 900 to move their share of the
srop. but this year 3. 500 cars will suffice
The South Penn road. says the Philadelphia
inquirer, is pretty certain to be built No legal
hight can restrain it forever, and there are too
many rich men interested in it to let it be sacri
decd
In commenting the break in rates made by
the G., H. % Q. the Chicago correspondent of the
New York Post says: 1.-THE circumstances
seemed TO justify the reductions, as the lines
had TO choose between allowing rival which
was seeking by assuming the role of . philan-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12

Mloc RApTI ETT,o formerly Miss Notts) Home
mico DhRlt IL . and Day School for young
ladies, 33 Wall St. New Haven Conn. will open Sept
81. Circulars sent application.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12

ssTI.HE CEDARS"-A BOARDING AND DAY
i School for Young Ladies' Delightfully."- situated in
and Academic Courses. MISS EARLE, 1916 35th
st., Washington, D. 9.
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capital Ives could move the world of Wall
street quite out of its orbit There will be lots
of Information and instruction if the district
attorney gets hold of the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12

DIED.
LAYMAN-At Putnamville Ind. Aug. 10. 1887,
at LAO p M. DIR. Daniel w. Lavman aged 70 years.
Burial at Crown Hill from Union Depot at 10 o'clock
this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12
Why 1t Was.

The prohibitionists it much perplexes
To see why they were bounced down in Texas.
The reason why is perfectly made plain
When one remarks the guzzling up in Maine
The Texans thought. and this is what they thunk:-
Great Scott! We don't want everybody drunk"
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-12
The "Archimedeso of Finance.

New YORK Graphic.
Henry S. Ives, fnaucier, is real daisy.
With place to stand in the way of sufficient
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20

The greatest difficulty which meets
every thoughtful weather student is his
inability to obtain any satisfactory ac-
count of the conditions and motions Of
the upper portion of the atmosphere As
has been said, We live at the bottom Of
the atmosp heric ocean. of which the up
per layers are practically inaccessible to
us. The air is arranged symmetricalY
about the globe aud it is much denseI
closer to the earth than above it. The
actual height TO which the air extends is
not known exactly, but at the level of
about forty miles it is no longer dense
enough to be capable of retracting the
GUNS rays.
At the height Of about seven miles, OF
g. 600 feet, believed to have been reached
~ MessrS. Gaiser and C.oXwell, in fam
1us balloon ascent from Wol> champion,
>eptember ., 1903, the air was found to
De 50 rarefied that great difficulty was
experienced in breathing. Such height
as seven miles is quite Insignificant when
compared with the diameter of the earth.
In fact, if the earth was represented by a
twenty-four inch globe the height of the
atmosphere, even supposing it to be ten
miles, would be represented by shell
four -hundredths of an inch thick, about
the thickness of a shilling
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20
Supreme court of the Hawaiian
Islamds-In Equity.

Heinrich Peterson, Diedrich Schriever,
Lucie Cessna Schriever Behrens, Johann
Behrens, Sophia Charlotte Schriever
Wartge, Adelheid Rebecca Schriever
Othling. Friedrich Wilhelm Othling
and Friedrich Heinrich Meyers VS..
Joseph Lazarus.
OPINION OF CHANCELLOR JUDD.
This is bill for specific performance
of a contract in writing, being an auc-
tioneer's entry of his sale at auction of
parcel of land in Honolulu, as follows:
Real Estate Sale. L. P. Adams. Sat
urday, March 7, 1885. Terms cash in
u. S. gold coin. Administrator sale.
By order of H. F. Glade, administra-
tor Of the estate of Hermann Schriever,
deceased, will sell at public auction,
Saturday, March 7, at l o'clock p M, at
salesroOm, that valuable piece of land
on King street, adjoining the Bethel,
and formerly occupied by J. Weik, with
the buildings and improvements there
on, containing an area of 81 fathoms and
p feet more or less, as per Royal Patent
@0C' COlu 70 y . Lazarus 1OI p, COO.
The defendant refuses to receive the
deed, which was rendered by the ven
doris, on the ground that the land in
stead of being 81 fathoms and q feet, as
described in the auctioneer's advertise
ment of sale and memorandum thereof,
is in fact but 80 fathoms aud Is feet, or
about one-haf, but is willing to take the
premises when a proportioDate reduc-
ton in the purchase money has been
made for deficiency in area below the
amount called for by the contract.
The deeds under which H. Schriever
held, contained surveys of the lot in two
portions, but the area was not given,
and counsel who examined the title re-
ported the area as per Royal Patent No.
298, not knowing that by previous sales
about one-half of the original lot, as per
Royal Patent, had been sold to other
parties. This mistake was not discov-
cred until after the sale. The lot, how
ever, was described in the advertise
ment as the land on "King street adj
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20
CanntbaIIsm Among Rats.
September ID, 1887.


Mr.. w. Matthew Williams believes
that rats are, upon occasion, vOracious
cannibas, devouring one another by
wholesale and without mercy. Being
troubled beyond endurance by these
pests and getting no relief from dogs,
ferrets, and cats. and fearing poison, he
tried the effects Of stuiling be holes with
broken glass. This was u fCessful and
some curious results &C, Onpanied the
clearance, At first there were streaks of
blood on the kitchen floor in considera-
bic quantity, and distributed over it
These appeared on several mornings. At
about the same time and subsequently,
much scampering and screaming was
heard beneath This was followed by
rapid reduction of the number of the
enemy. My theory. says Mr. Williams,
sis, that when any one rat was wounded
by the glass, the scent of blood excited
the vOraCity of the Others and cannibal
struggle occurred; that this continued
till eXtirpation foilowed-the more fight
ing the more blOodshed and the more
Cannibalism.
Mr.. +. II. Halfpenny partly confirms
this view in Science Gossip, where he
says that the black rat is still to be met
with at most Of the London docks; that
the Orway or sewer rat not only kills its
victim, but devOurs it. He describes
skins of freshly killed black rats turned
inside out, and foand in various drawers.
boxes etc, and states that this treatment
of their victims is usual with rats. AS an
experiment. Mr.. Halfpenny gave the car
cass of white rat TO one of the black
and white variety. 1t was eaten, only
few bones Of the head remaining attached
to the everted skin.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20
He Was Not GrieHous.

From a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco
we have received the following request:
editor Argonaut: Dear Sir-If you have
not any incOnvenient, viii request you send
me one exemplar of your accredited news
paper If his lecture is affability to me, L
will tell you, and then you can send me sub
scription. Please excuse me if l am grievOuS.
Your most respectfully, -- ----- ----."
The gentleman is not at all grievous. We
have forwarded a copy, and trust that the
lecture of The Argonaut will prove affabihty
&C, ulm-lozn rEz--1c-2seo A-.-~-o~''+
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20

A PAPER devoted to mechanical affairs
says fortune is awaiting the inventor
OF lamp or lantern that can be fastened
to the dashboard of wagon or the
breast of horse that draws it. 1t must
be so constructed that the light will not
be extinguished by the wind or by jars
caused by going over rough ground, and
it must be reflected for some distance in
front of the team
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20

8 UGH as are fre-proof The lot in ques-
ton is within these fire limits, and the
immediate effect of this law is to lower
the value of real estate.
1t is true these considerations might
have been pressed before the Court be-
low, but / cannot say that they are too
late here. The awarding of specific per-
Torrance is always a matter addressed
to the sound directions of the Court, and
the circumstances Of the case have be-
come so materially altered since the sale
that [ do not think it would be equitable
to enfore the contract now.
The bill should be dismissed.
A. f. JUDD.
September 10, 1887.
I concur in the above opinion.
ABR FoRNANDER.
September II, 1857.
a separate decision was filed by Judge
McCully, which concludes as follows:
think there are sufficient reasons for dis
missing the bill, and concur in the de
decree to that effect.
L. MCCULLY.
SeDtpm her IL 1897
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20

And not to individuals
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20

SIR JOHN MACDONALD, Premier of
Canada, is exceedingly annoyed at the
statement which has been frequently
prinsed in the newspapers. that he be-
gan life as boot-black. He says that
while his people were not rich, his
youth had the surroundings of refined
home, and that his family is of ancient
Scottish descent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20

THE City of Sydney brought three
hundred and fourteen Chinese from
Hongkong last evening for Honolulu.
Had the vessel arrived an hour earlier
the doctor would have examined them.
AS it is he has deferred that work until
this morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20

LAST evening, between and 10
o'clock, the quiet of the town was dis
turbed by several loud bombs being fred
off. This internal practice at such a late
hour ought to be stopped at once. What
were they fired for, anyway?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20
T II r

WrTH the Australia arriving from San
Francisco this morning and the City of
Sydney leaving for the same place in the
afternoon, letter writer's should have no
cause to complain.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20
NOTICE.

A NY PERSONS HAVING BILLS AGAINST ".
n NJ Gibson or T. Il. Hayselden will please
prese Mt them to Messrs. VIM. G.. Irwin & Co.
f. u. HAYSELDEN.
September Il, 1887. I'm
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-09-20
Hawaiian Mutual Fire and
Marine Insurance Go.

Subscription Lists for Stock and Policies now
GULICK'S AGENCY,
7eoaua16 No. 50 Merchant Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-19
PERSONAL.

Tho pev Mr. summerbcll Of the st. Paul Evan
cellcai Church. goes day to Join bis family al MS
cottage near Hyanns on Cape COD
General George A. Sheridan win deliver his lecture
In reply to Colonel Ingersol at Rchhoid springs To-
night.
Mr. W W. Corcoran Is at Deer Park with three OK
his grandchildren He appears to be gaining health
and his friends are encouraged to look for his enro
restoration. He is able to drive out daily
President Robert Garrett Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad will sail for England IN Saturday with bis
family
Miss ZelIe de Iussi the popular pima donua So
prano, is at Richfeld Springs.
Mayor Roche Of Chicago Is said to bear close
physical resemblance to ex-Prcsident Hayes In his
earlier years At tho National Educational Associa
tlon's meeting tho other day Thonass Orchestra was
playing and tho audience was enthusiastic over The
music while Mayor Roche, who had TO make speech
when II was over. grew very nervous What Is
there about that tune to go Wild over be akea
larry good In the hgh-toned symphony BUSINESS.
These like Beethoven and strauss and pach maze
popular tunes-the kind tho Springfield band played
last April when was escorted from the Capitol over
10 tho Leland Hotel"
Tho Raleigh house and estate at Brixton are In tho
market and a writer In The London Standard makes
an appeal for their preservation. "This venerable
house." no remarks. Is Of the most historical In
the neighborhood OF London II stands In tho midst
OF nobly tlmbcred park OF twelve and Is In tho
best Elzabethan style OF architecture. IL was In
babtod for some years by Sir Walter Raleigh. Here
he entertained Queen Elizabeth, who was wont, on
a fine summers afternoon, to cause her barge to bo
rpwed up hidden Ezra to pay her iilustrous'
con rtler visit There IA danger that this most In
tcrcsng spot may fall into tho hands Of the building
contractors, and be lost 10 postcrity."
Queen Victoria has contributed numerous relics to
the Mary Stuart TercenteDary Exhibition at Peter
borough among them Bible wish the Queen Of Scots
autograph, and a print OF the Queen aud Lor, Darn
10y, OF which only three copies exist.
General benjamin Z. Butler and party Of friends
are at the Poland Springs House, Maine. Last even
ing reception was rendered TO General Butler, and
this evening hop will be given in honor of him.
Professor Goodwin. OF Columbia College, Is spend
ing a vacation In New-Hampshre.
Mr.. Joseph jefferson Is at Sycamore, Mass.
Tho Rev. DR.. George @. Lorimer, OF Chicago, Is
preaching at fremont Temple, Boston, during the
present month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"Tho Memphis Appeal" says that tho death rate
Of Memphis Is less than that Of New-Yorh, Philadel
phia, Chicago St. Louis, Brooklyn Cincinnati Next
thing II will be writing up Memphis as a Summer
Resort"
A Mexican daily sold at the ruinous "precio IL IL
centavos" has found its way into the sanctnm Tho
Espagnolization Of names Is interesting. Among tho
personals Is one about III Sr. Mayor ssson- Parker
tho fotografo. advertses nluminados do color A
conscientious advertiser proclams csrtifco no hay
tmbers astatoment rather puzzling to English eyes
ad" under the commendablo heading OF III Progress.
springfield Union.
In Prussia 1t Is the railway employees who are gen.
orally the victims OF accidents the percentage of pas
sonsers injured or killed Is very small.
How They Do In Boston-"It is too
desiring to put eS sou and g.. s
"well. can't you manage that yourselfP'
"weil. not very well. Somebody Is wanted to
swear to the circulation"
"Unfortunate, isn't itr
al should say SO. What's " be doneP
"Cant you swear to tr'
awhy. man. they won't accept me-"
aYo Sii' Absurd !" ~
"Too bad oh by the way, Is the religious ed
Gracious goodness, yes. why didn't think Of
II beforel He'll be accepted without q murmur.o
The thing Is done at once-tDoston Courier.
Jugs full Of whiskoy are called Jubilee Jugs in
Georgia because when man buys ono he at goes
on q jubilee Eli, what's that Jamboroei oh,
we'll, 1t IS all about the thing, 90 long as the.
man gets there
In Territorial Court-Attorney for Defendant
I will now ask tho witness what he was doing the
evening VI January 12thi
Counsel for Piaintin-Objected to as Incompetent
inexcusable, Irrelevant and incomprehensible.
A for D.-Your honor ! Insist upon the witness
answering this question
The Court-Come gentlemen no quarrelIng let US
proceed with the case-the objection Is sustained
A for D-Very good now thcn Mr. Puckeu, on
the evening OF January 18th y0n were seen--.
c. --fO1 miserable old shyster. tho court rules
that question out
A. for D;-You pettfogging final proof thief n II
wasn't for his honor's prsonco I'd sweep tho court
room with your contemplate carcass. Withdraw
your objection, you whitolivered cur, or arm your
self
G. for P-I throw myself on tho protection Of the
court.
Tho court here produces forty four selfcocker